Obituaries: PFC. Floyd Gerald Smart, 1949, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: April 7, 1949 Winn Parish Enterprise

Winn Soldier, Sailor Killed In Accidents In Arizona, Morocco

Pfc. Gerald Smart Killed In Auto Wreck In Arizona

Private First Class Floyd Gerald Smart, of the U. S. Air Corps, 19 year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Willie E. Smart of South Winnfield, died near Yuma,
Arizona, about 1:30 a.m., April 2, as the result of injuries sustained in an
auto accident 74 miles east of Yuma, late Friday night.

Military funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Winnfield First
Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Alwin Stokes and Rev. Fred Flurry _________
__________. _____________ of the Veterans of Foreign Wars served as
pallbearers.  Burial was in the Winnfield Cemetery under the direction of
Hixson Brothers Funeral Home.  Prior to the funeral the remains laid in state
at the family residence after arriving here accompanied by a military escort
Wednesday.

Surviving in addition to his parents are two brothers, Oliver and Raymond
Smart of South Winnfield, and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Minnie King of
South Winnfield.

Gerald was born in Winnfield May 21, 1929 and attended the Winnfield schools
until a short time before entering the Air Corps on April 19, 1948.  After
completing basic training he spent several weeks in an Army hospital and was
transferred to the USAF Technical School in Ft. Francis E. Warren, Wyoming,
where he received training as an electrician.  Gerald completed the course a
short time ago and was recently sent to a new base at Dateland, Arizona.

Complete details of the auto accident in which he lost his life were
unavailable.  It was reported that Gerald and an unidentified soldier friend
were enroute to their base in an auto when the accident occurred about 11:50
p.m. April 1.  The other youth was seriously injured but will recover.

Pallbearers were Herbert Harrison, H. W. Bass, Eli Harrell, Marvin Harrell,
William Fuller, Laurie Mercer, James Watts, and Clinton W. Allen.